Functional Medicine
personalized, proactive, one-on-one care | Online and in-person
The Root Cause Approach
Discover the underlying factors of your symptoms.
Chronic disease, fatigue, pain, and illness are common and expected in our world. Even though many people live with poor health, it doesn’t mean that these symptoms are “normal.” The truth is that the human body is perfect by design – disease and problems only start to happen when the system is out of balance and affected by outside influences.
Too often, Western medicine has a hard time finding the cause of health concerns, so doctors simply hide the symptoms with prescriptions. Optimal health doesn’t happen when medications are used without getting to the root cause of disease.
The root cause approach in Functional Medicine focuses on uncovering the underlying factors contributing to your health challenges, rather than just addressing symptoms. By looking at how genetics, lifestyle, environment, and nutrition interact, we create personalized care plans that restore balance and promote optimal health. This approach empowers you to take charge of your well-being, offering long-term solutions to prevent disease and enhance vitality. Instead of temporary fixes, we target the source of the problem to help you achieve lasting health and resilience.
Lifestyle Medicine
Create purposeful, powerful change.
At Back On Track 2 Wellness, we use a modern approach to help you stop chasing the symptoms. Through functional medicine, you get a whole-person care plan that incorporates neurology, endocrinology, immunology, nutrition, and exercise.
We always start by asking the most critical questions:
- WHY are you sick?
- WHAT is the cause of the symptoms?
- HOW can lifestyle modifications restore balance?
- WHAT is needed for prevention in the future?
Our goal is to get past the symptoms to design the most effective plan for you to feel better.
Lifestyle medicine is an evidence-based practice of assisting families and individuals in adopting and continuing behaviors that can improve health and quality of life. Not only do we address immediate health concerns, but we also take a proactive approach to minimize the risk of health issues in the future.
Food as Medicine
Healing from the inside out.
Food is more than fuel—it's medicine for the body, mind, and soul. The right foods have the power to nourish, repair, and optimize your health at the cellular level. A diet rich in whole, nutrient-dense foods can reduce inflammation, balance hormones, support gut health, and provide the building blocks your body needs to heal and thrive. Functional Medicine embraces "Food as Medicine" by using personalized nutrition plans to address the root causes of illness and empower long-term wellness. By making intentional food choices, you can transform your health, prevent chronic disease, and unlock your body's natural healing potential.
“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.”
- Anne Wigmore
Are you sick and tired, of being sick and tired?
We specialize in helping you with...
autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Functional Medicine offers a transformative approach to autoimmune health by focusing on the root causes of immune dysfunction rather than merely managing symptoms. Autoimmune conditions arise when the body’s defense system becomes imbalanced, attacking its own tissues. Functional Medicine seeks to restore harmony by addressing triggers like chronic inflammation, gut health, toxin exposure, and nutrient deficiencies. Through personalized care plans, we work to calm the immune response, repair damaged systems, and optimize overall wellness. This approach not only alleviates symptoms but empowers you to take control of your health, allowing your body to heal and thrive naturally.
blood sugar health
Blood Sugar
Functional Medicine takes a proactive, root-cause approach to blood sugar health, addressing imbalances that can lead to conditions like diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. Rather than relying solely on medications to manage symptoms, we focus on identifying and correcting lifestyle, dietary, and environmental factors that disrupt blood sugar regulation. By integrating personalized nutrition, stress management, targeted supplementation, and regular movement, Functional Medicine helps restore your body’s ability to maintain healthy glucose levels naturally. This comprehensive approach not only improves energy and metabolism but also reduces the risk of chronic disease, empowering you to live a healthier, more vibrant life.
brain health
Brain Health
Functional Medicine offers a groundbreaking approach to brain health by targeting the root causes of cognitive decline, memory loss, and neurological disorders. The brain thrives when inflammation is controlled, nutrient levels are optimized, and the gut-brain connection is nurtured. Through advanced diagnostics and personalized care plans, Functional Medicine addresses factors like chronic stress, toxin exposure, blood sugar imbalances, and mitochondrial dysfunction that impair brain function. By integrating tailored nutrition, lifestyle modifications, and targeted therapies, this approach not only enhances cognitive performance but also protects against long-term neurodegeneration. Functional Medicine empowers you to sharpen your mind, improve mental clarity, and support a resilient, healthy brain for life.
environmental sensitivities
Environmental Sensitivities
Functional Medicine provides a comprehensive approach to overcoming environmental sensitivities by addressing the root causes of your body’s overactive response to triggers like mold, histamines, allergens, and chemical irritants. These sensitivities often stem from a compromised immune system, toxic burden, or impaired detoxification pathways. Functional Medicine uses advanced diagnostics to uncover hidden imbalances, such as gut health issues, chronic inflammation, and genetic predispositions that make your body more reactive. Personalized care plans focus on reducing toxic exposure, supporting detoxification, strengthening the immune system, and restoring resilience through tailored nutrition and lifestyle strategies. This approach empowers you to break free from the limitations of environmental sensitivities, reclaim your health, and live without fear of everyday exposures.
gut health
Gut Health
Functional Medicine revolutionizes gut health by addressing the root causes of digestive imbalances that can affect your entire body. Your gut is the foundation of your health, influencing everything from immune function and energy levels to mental clarity and hormone balance. Through advanced testing and personalized care, Functional Medicine identifies and resolves issues like dysbiosis, leaky gut, food sensitivities, and chronic inflammation. By optimizing gut health with targeted nutrition, lifestyle changes, and natural therapies, this approach restores balance, enhances nutrient absorption, and promotes overall well-being. A healthy gut isn’t just about digestion—it’s the key to thriving in every aspect of life.
hormone health
Hormone Health
Functional Medicine takes a root-cause approach to hormone health, helping you achieve balance and vitality by addressing the factors that disrupt your body’s delicate hormonal system. Hormones influence every aspect of your health, from energy and mood to metabolism and reproductive function. Through comprehensive testing, Functional Medicine uncovers hidden imbalances caused by stress, poor nutrition, toxin exposure, or lifestyle habits. Personalized care plans integrate targeted nutrition, stress management, natural supplementation, and lifestyle adjustments to restore harmony and optimize hormone function. This holistic approach empowers you to feel your best, enhancing your energy, mental clarity, and overall well-being.
skin health
Skin Health
Functional Medicine takes a transformative approach to skin health by addressing the root causes of common concerns like acne, eczema, psoriasis, and premature aging. Your skin is a reflection of your internal health, often signaling imbalances in gut health, hormones, inflammation, or toxin exposure. Functional Medicine identifies these hidden factors through advanced testing and creates personalized care plans to heal from the inside out. By optimizing nutrition, supporting detoxification, and balancing hormones, this approach not only enhances your skin’s appearance but also its overall vitality. With Functional Medicine, you can achieve radiant, healthy skin that reflects true wellness from within.
sleep health
Sleep Health
Functional Medicine transforms sleep health by addressing the root causes of poor sleep, offering a path to restorative, rejuvenating rest. Sleep is essential for physical recovery, cognitive function, and emotional balance, yet stress, hormonal imbalances, inflammation, and nutrient deficiencies often disrupt it. Functional Medicine identifies these hidden factors through advanced testing and personalized evaluations. By integrating tailored nutrition, stress management techniques, natural supplements, and lifestyle changes, this approach helps reset your body’s natural rhythms and optimize sleep quality. Experience deeper, more restful sleep and wake up energized, clear-headed, and ready to thrive. With Functional Medicine, better sleep is within reach.
thyroid health
Thyroid Health
Functional Medicine offers a life-changing approach to thyroid health by uncovering and addressing the root causes of thyroid dysfunction. Your thyroid is a powerhouse gland, influencing metabolism, energy levels, weight, and even mood. When it’s out of balance, symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, weight changes, and hair loss can take over your life. Functional Medicine goes beyond managing symptoms, using advanced diagnostics to identify issues such as nutrient deficiencies, autoimmune triggers, chronic inflammation, and hormonal imbalances. Through personalized care plans that integrate targeted nutrition, lifestyle adjustments, and natural therapies, this approach helps restore thyroid function and overall health. Reclaim your vitality and let your thyroid thrive with Functional Medicine.
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
- Thomas Edison
Health Benefits
Ways to improve your life holistically starting with the root of your problems
Increased Energy
Through evaluation of the energy systems, we can determine factors that aggravate the energy restoration process, and use corrective interventions appropriate to the specific condition.
Better digestion
The gut is the gateway to health - when you begin getting to the root of digestion issues by identifying the aggravating factors, it often improves other issues in the body.
Improved Mood
The foods you eat play an important role in supporting a healthy and happy mood. Identifying and removing inflammatory foods can help with this.
increased brain focus
Analyzing exercise, nutrition, sleep, and environmental impacts helps us identify modifiable lifestyle factors that, when altered, may slow neurodegeneration and improve brain health.
Improve Immune System
Analyzing and adjusting diet, exercise, and other lifestyle modifiable factors can help support the health of your immune system.
Improve sleep
Adjusting diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors can help increase blood flow, vital nutrients, and connection of one's body and mind to provide better quality sleep. In turn, getting more high quality sleep can have a positive impact on other health issues.
Reduce Health Care Costs
By uncovering and addressing underlying causes of the common conditions, Functional Medicine can liberate patients from their dependence on costly medications that are not designed to address the root causes of their disease.
Pain Relief
Functional medicine looks for underlying problems that could be playing a role in a patient’s pain. By altering modifiable factors like diet and exercise, they can eliminate the specific factors causing the pain.
Low Risk
Functional medicine is among the safest healthcare approaches because it focuses on prevention and healing through use of least invasive treatments - modifying existing lifestyle factors to find the root cause.
Reduce need for medications
By focusing on identifying the root cause of health issues, functional medicine can help a patient eliminate the environmental factor causing them pain, reducing or erasing the need for medication to minimize those effects.